After the Ye family fell completely silent, apart from snoring, teeth grinding, farting, and the sounds from the cattle and sheep in the livestock shed, there were no other sounds.
The leaves were already asleep, and the system was working hard to absorb spiritual energy when the sound of flapping wings suddenly rang out.
The golden eagle landed on the leaf where the fresh meat was placed, ate a few pieces, and then found a place to sleep.
The next morning, the people living in the yurt got up, and the construction workers prepared to start work, but Ye Zi and the golden eagle were still fast asleep.
Siqin got up early to prepare breakfast for everyone, except for the workers, who prepared their own. It wasn't that Siqin didn't want to, but rather that their eating habits were different.
A bowl of mutton offal soup early in the morning is a treat for locals and grassland dwellers, but for outsiders, it's torture.
Even if it's mutton soaked in milk tea, they're not used to it. It's fine to eat it once in a while, but they can't eat it every day.
The construction team didn't have many locals, and they weren't used to this way of eating.
Fortunately, Siqin is not a stingy person. Every few days, she would slaughter a sheep for the construction team to cook for, or she would cook it herself and invite them over to eat.
The police and forestry officials were locals and didn't see anything wrong with the breakfast. They thanked them, took the bowls and chopsticks, and started eating.
After breakfast, the forestry bureau staff came out of the house to look for the golden eagle, while the police inside asked Ye Zi where she was.
Ye Qingshan told the truth that he was exhausted from tracking the golden eagle these past few days and hadn't had much rest; he was sleeping right now.
Ye Zi slept soundly, and the group of people eating in the living room didn't wake him. The golden eagle, however, was alert and immediately poked its head out to observe when it heard the noise outside.
The golden eagle chose Ye Zi's haystack as its location. Although there was a shed there, it was just a shed, providing shelter from rain and snow but not from the wind.
The hay is susceptible to rotting but not to freezing. Woven bags are not waterproof, so the only way to protect it is with a shed.
The golden eagle poked its head out to observe, and was spotted by a sharp-eyed veterinarian. Unexpectedly, the golden eagle had returned.
The chances of the golden eagle returning were slim; this was the consensus they shared with the police last night. They were wrong, it turned out.
The group wasn't in a hurry to take the golden eagle away. Opportunities to observe the golden eagle up close are rare, so they didn't mind observing it a little longer.
Moreover, taking the golden eagle away is not so easy. Apart from Ye Zi, no one else can get close to it. Currently, only a tranquilizer gun can take the golden eagle away.
After what happened last night, it's really hard to say whether Ye Zi will be able to get close to the golden eagle.
However, using a tranquilizer gun requires the right timing, and the golden eagle's wary expression clearly indicates that this is not a good opportunity.
As the sun rose high in the sky, Ye Zi yawned and came out of the house. The forestry bureau was about to take action, and the system was worried that the golden eagle would be drugged and taken away, so it woke Ye Zi up.
After the leaves emerged, the golden eagle hesitated for a moment before flying out of the thatched hut and onto the roof.
The opportunity they had just found had vanished, leaving the forestry bureau officials looking helpless.
Ye Zi waved to the golden eagle, but the eagle didn't move. Ye Zi picked up the small bowl containing the fresh meat and waved to the golden eagle again, but the eagle still didn't move.
But Ye Zi was certain that the golden eagle wasn't wary of him, but rather of the forestry bureau personnel around it.
He carried the small basin away from the group, then waved to the golden eagle. This time, the golden eagle moved and flew directly towards the leaves.
Ye Zi raised her arm, and the golden eagle landed directly on it, then lowered its head, picked up a piece of meat, and ate it.
Ye Zi was wearing a half-length Mongolian robe, not made of cloth, but sewn from sheepskin by Siqin. It was quite durable, and Ye Zi usually wore this kind of clothing when she was doing chores at home.
The most important reason is that Yezi used to be chubby, and it was difficult for her to buy clothes. It wasn't that she couldn't buy them, but the clothes she bought were more suitable for visiting friends or shopping in the county town.
He's a young, unmarried man, he can't be unkempt.
It was precisely because Ye Zi was wearing a leather half-length Mongolian robe that she was able to let the golden eagle land on her arm.
Ordinary people wouldn't dare to do that, because when a golden eagle takes off, it needs to push off the ground, and its talons can easily scratch its arm when it exerts force.
If being scratched by a wolf while surviving in the wilderness only results in a scratch, it can be attributed to the leaf's instinctive dodge. But when a golden eagle takes flight, there is absolutely no room to dodge.
If it dodges, the golden eagle's takeoff will fail; if it doesn't dodge, its arm will inevitably be injured.
But Ye Zi didn't dodge, yet her arm wasn't injured. That's a big problem. Ye Zi was afraid she'd be taken away for dissection and research.
Therefore, wearing a leather Mongolian robe to lure the golden eagle down is the best method.
"Ye Zi, try to hold onto the golden eagle so we can take it back for treatment," the veterinarian suggested.
"Okay." Ye Zi agreed without thinking.
Then, when Ye Zi was about to pick up the golden eagle, the eagle was startled by Ye Zi's sudden words in its ear. When it saw Ye Zi preparing to pick it up, it immediately took off.
And that was the end of it, because the golden eagle flew away.
Ye Zi carried the meat basin back to the veterinarian and said with a wry smile:
"This guy came here to freeload and found a place to stay while he was at it."
Looks like I offended it yesterday; it won't let me hug it today.
The veterinarian was also helpless. Apart from using leaves to catch the golden eagle and put it in the cage, only the tranquilizer gun could work. But now the golden eagle had flown away, so even the tranquilizer gun was useless.
I can't hit that high.
Moreover, it was hitting a golden eagle in flight.
The forestry bureau official thought for a moment and said to the veterinarian:
"The golden eagle's wound has been treated with medicine. What are the chances of it becoming infected?"
"The chances of it becoming infected are not high, but the wound will take longer to heal."
"This shouldn't be a problem. The weakness a few days ago was probably due to the body not being able to adapt after the injury, which reduced its hunting ability."
Now that the wound has been treated, it has regained its appetite and strength in the past two days. The key is that it should have adapted to its injured state.
Its hunting abilities have recovered to some extent, so letting it continue to live freely should be fine.
The veterinarian probed:
"You mean we can just leave this golden eagle alone?"
"It's not that we're ignoring it, but we have no other way to treat it right now, so this is all we can do."
But it wasn't completely ignored. The medicine was left with Ye Zi; the golden eagle already knew Ye Zi would feed it, and if it couldn't catch prey, it would likely return seeking food. Ye Zi would then find an opportunity to apply the medicine.
Ye Zi was stunned. She didn't expect the people from the Forestry Bureau to bring up this idea. She had been thinking about how to guide them to let him take care of the golden eagle.
But while that's what he thought, he said aloud:
"Isn't this inappropriate? I have no experience in taking care of golden eagles, and if I were to take care of them, wouldn't I be accused of taming them?"
The veterinarian nodded, agreeing with the method, and smiled at Ye Zi:
"I have no experience in taking care of golden eagles. To be precise, none of us in the department have experience in taking care of golden eagles. Bringing one back is just an experiment."
Our advantage is that we have experience caring for other protected animals, and our methods are relatively professional—that's all.
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